The official teaser for the 2023 festival
RELIVE THE 2023 EDITION IN PICTURES
THE DANCERS
Lindy Hop lessons
Internationally renowned dancers, Alice Mei and Remy Kouakou Kouame were both already known and recognized before forming this duo. Together, we discover them more musical, precise and stylish than ever!
Solo Jazz Lessons
Felix Berghäll is a Swedish, African, American and vernacular Lindy Hop dancer, performer, choreographer and teacher as well as a DJ and music researcher…
Solo Jazz Lessons
Fatima Teffahi is one of the most important personalities of the Lindy Hop and Swing dance revival in Europe. She lives in Stockholm, where she has been a member of Rhythm Hot Shots (now Harlem Hot Shots) since the very beginning. She is co-founder of the Chicago Swing Dance studio.
Lindy Hop lessons
At the age of 15, Frida Segerdahl attended the Herrang Dance Camp and fell in love with the Lindy Hop. In no time at all, he was asked to join the world’s largest jazz dance company, Rhythm Hot Shots. Since 1999, Skye Humphries has taught wherever Lindy Hop is practiced, from national weekends to international dance camps.
THE MUSICIANS
Jungle Cats takes us back to the jazz clubs of New Orleans, revealing all their madness. More than a concert, the sextet takes you on a journey to the origins of jazz, with a frenzied swing that transports you into a frenetic, unforgettable atmosphere. Between interpretations of jazz standards and original compositions, the musicians take you into unexplored territories where improvisation reigns supreme.
Jungle Cats’ all-consuming energy is rooted in their history of brass band experience and street performances, and in the joy of sharing a moment with their audience. Their original repertoire will delight Jazz Festivals as much as swing and Lindy Hop dance lovers, as long as the fun is there. No tricks, just raw energy and a touch of madness: you won’t come away from a Jungle Cats concert unscathed!
Live, on Friday, July 21, 2023 at 2pm, at the Polygone shopping center in Montpellier, as part of the festival warm-up.
The Carolina Reapers Swing was born from the meeting of young, crazy musicians of the ’30s and ’40s and the “swing” dance. This synergy produced a group that is interested in jazz standards and in the rare pieces that bring together music and “swing” dancing since the early days of “lindy hop”.
By its energy, their style is alive in spite of their chiseled arrangements. That is to say that they combine classicism and a new approach of the “ole’ trad jazz songs” of the “swing” era… and their name is already synonymous with “ça va chauffer !
Live, on Friday, July 21, 2023 at 7pm, at the opening of the festival
and Saturday, July 22, 2023 at 9:00 pm, for the gala evening at the castle of Flaugergues
Dixieland Orchestra plays the so-called “Revival” Swing of the 1950s. The time when the great musicians who created Jazz return to the front of the stage to ignite an already conquered public. This is the time when Sidney Bechet and Louis Armstrong became immortal!
Live, Saturday, July 22, 2023, 1 p.m., Promenade du Peyrou
The Jazz Society is a quintet of seasoned musicians with a passion for Golden Era swing. Duke Ellington and Count Basie are just two of the great musicians who inspire the Quintet’s repertoire.
Live, Saturday, July 22, 2023, 8 p.m., Promenade du Peyrou
“La Belle Époque” brings the vinyl records of the Benny Goodman Sextet back to life, with a clarinet and two guitars!
This gypsy swing trio will also perform tunes by singers of the era such as Ella Fitzgerald, Peggy Lee and Billy Holiday.
Live, Sunday, July 23, 2023, 1 p.m., Promenade du Peyrou
Marla and her Cool Chicken distill festive, danceable swing.
Drawing inspiration from the masters of the genre, the group offers its own arrangements of the great Swing standards, some of which are sung in French.